MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - U.S. Census figures show almost 190,000more women than men went to the polls in Alabama in the 2008presidential election.

The census figures released Monday show that 1,843,000 womenvoted compared to 1,654,000 men in the 2008 presidential election.That means 65 percent of women registered to vote went to the pollsin Alabama compared to 56 percent of registered male voters.

In the 2008 election when Barack Obama was elected to be thefirst black president, 62.5 percent of black voters went to thepolls compared to 62.4 of registered white voters who cast ballots.

Overall almost 61 percent of registered voters in Alabama castballots.

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